by admin | Jul 9, 2012 | uaps, universal advisor performance standards
The Universal Advisor Performance Standards’ Advisory Board held its first meeting at the end of June. And while much of the session was devoted to becoming acquainted and discussing the group’s role, preliminary comments were made regarding the draft...
by admin | Jul 8, 2012 | Investment Performance Guy, News
I must confess a fair amount of interest in the recent discovery of the Higgs boson, aka “The God Particle.” It is an amazing story, though its true meaning seems beyond the grasp of most of us mortals. I won’t bother to attempt to explain what it...
by admin | Jul 6, 2012 | Investment Performance Guy, News
One of the topics which often results in debate is the interaction effect. Recall that in performance attribution, specifically with the “Brinson models,” we have two effects: allocation and selection. Depending on how we calculate these effects we may...
by admin | Jul 5, 2012 | Investment Performance Guy, News
A first principle is refers to “any axiom, law, or abstraction assumed and regarded as representing the highest possible degree of generalization.”Fields such as philosophy, mathematics, and physics have them. Does performance and/or risk measurement? I...
by admin | Jul 4, 2012 | Investment Performance Guy, News
It has become fashionable here in the United States to move holidays to a Monday or Friday, so as to have a three-day weekend. This has happened with Memorial Day and Veterans’ Day, for example. I was born on Veterans’ Day (what used to be Armistice Day),...
